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republican senator ted cruz Advised the public to ignore their colleague representative. marjorie taylor green‘S Recent criticism of his party’s handling of the government shutdown And moving away from typical conservative talking points, she claimed she was becoming “too liberal.”
Greene, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, has surprised many by recently criticizing Republicans Coming up with an affordable health care plan condemned amid bandh Israel for “war crimes” against Palestinians and Advocating for the release of the Epstein files.
When faced with Green’s recent pivot Wednesday morning episode of CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Cruz urged people to ignore Greene.
“My advice is don’t spend too much time worrying about what Marjorie is going to say,” Cruz said.
Greene has criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson For not releasing a detailed plan showing how Republicans plan to tackle affordable health care — a key issue that Democrats have advocated for in reopening the government.
She also said she didn’t “respect” that Johnson sent representatives home amid the shutdown, leaving senators to figure out how to reopen the government.
Although the Georgia congresswoman is aligned with the president on most policies, she has broken with her party amid the shutdown and decided not to blame Democrats entirely for the shutdown. This is just the latest issue on which Greene differs from her colleagues.
Cruz claimed that his colleagues were “suddenly” advocating Democrat-aligned policies and said that their views do not reflect the vast majority of Americans.
Cruz said, “What I think is a very consistent pattern is that whenever an elected official decides they’re going to attack Israel and they hate Israel, you’ll very quickly see that every other policy that comes out of their mouth becomes very liberal.”
Texas senator seen making reference Green’s vocal opposition to Israel’s attack in GazaIn July, Green called on Israel Genocide in GazaMore than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its offensive two years ago in the October 7, 2023 attack.
Although Greene’s recent statements have been embraced by some liberal lawmakers, it appears Republicans are growing frustrated with her.
Johnson recently dropped a commonly used Southern American insult “Bless his heart” To address his criticisms of Republicans.
Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) urged Greene to “put pen to paper” and “write a bill” if she is “passionate” about providing Americans the opportunity for affordable healthcare.
“Offer an alternative. Don’t just criticize what other people are doing.” Moreno said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins.”